News: Doncaster
HECan Launches in South Yorkshire
Nearly fifty South Yorkshire young men have embarked on a six-month motivational initiative to aid them in progressing to Higher Education: HECan. The HECan project has been developed by HeppSY+ and spans the rest of the academic year. The students involved will participate in a sustained programme of activity to introduce to them both the opportunities available and benefits of…
Outwood Academy Danum HeppSY+ Launch Week
In January Outwood Academy Danum embarked on a week of exciting and engaging activity to launch the HeppSY+ programme across their school. The launch fitted perfectly with the Outwood ethos, a fully inclusive learning environment, and their mission statement “Students First”. Week commencing Monday 22 January to 26 January 2018 was dedicated as an official whole Academy HeppSY+ Launch Week.…
Mexborough Academy Students Explore Their Opportunities At The AMRC
On Wednesday 17th January fifteen Year 10 students from Mexborough Academy in Rotherham visited the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) Training Centre. Many of the students are involved in the HeppSY+ programme and the trip allowed them to explore alternative higher education opportunities before making their Post 16 choices next year. During the session students benefitted from a talk from…
Widening Participation Takes To The Road
Since October 2017 the Higher Education Progression Partnership South Yorkshire Plus (HeppSY+) have been travelling around schools and colleges across the Sheffield City Region delivering higher education help and guidance to those most at risk of missing out. The HeppSY+ Bus, is a double decker mobile classroom, enabling two simultaneous workshop sessions to take place. It can accommodate up to…
New Campaign Gets On The Road To Inspire Teenagers’ Higher Education Journey
A new campaign to increase the number of teenagers from South Yorkshire going on to higher education has been given a boost. Education chiefs from the Higher Education Progression Partnership South Yorkshire (HeppSY+) have launched a mobile classroom in Sheffield city centre today – Wednesday, October 18th. Our team of Graduate Interns will tour the region giving talks and workshops…
Trinity Academy Doncaster Case Study
Part of our series of reference stories for teachers and partners Trinity Academy is a secondary school and sixth form located in Thorne in Doncaster and is part of the Emmanuel Schools Foundation. The school opened in September 2005 and replaced Thorne Grammar School. It currently caters for over 1250 KS3, KS4 and Post 16 pupils. In 2014, the Academy…
